Whatever you’re into, Tower Theatre’s Don’t Call It A Comeback series, co-sponsored by Oklahoma Gazette, launches July 16 and continues until the venue’s anniversary party on Aug. 7. Full-capacity shows resume Aug. 12 with Shakey Graves. All of the concerts are free, but some will be hosted at Ponyboy, which is adjacent to the Tower […]
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No apologies
K.C. Clifford album release 8 p.m. Jan. 25 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $20-$30 Before you even put K.C. Clifford’s new album into the CD player, it offers advice and encouragement. “This one’s for me and for any of you who ever dared make the long walk home to yourself only to […]
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OGE Energy’s new home?
“This project will continue to build on the revitalization of this exciting area of downtown Oklahoma City,” Rainey Williams, president of Kestrel Investments, Inc, said in a media statement. “We want the development to complement its surroundings and provide another opportunity to enjoy our downtown. With OGE Energy as our anchor tenant, we are confident […]
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The Tower
Set on Christmas Eve (thereby also making it akin to Die Hard), the film takes place at Tower Sky, a twin-towered luxury apartment building of some 1,700 units and 108 floors. The towers connect via a shivers-inducing “sky bridge” with see-through floor. If that makes your stomach do flip-flops, perhaps it can be settled with […]
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Tower Block
The title refers to an apartment complex built post-WWII, a title card informs us. Once attractive and affordable, the place deteriorated over the decades into England’s equivalent of Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green, to the point of demolition. As the thriller opens, only the top floor of Serenity House, aka Tower Block 31, awaits removal and rehousing. […]
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Devon celebrates topping out tower
On Sept. 21, Devon officials joined with construction workers who are building the Devon Energy Center for a topping-out ceremony. The ceremonial final steel beam and a small tree were hoisted up to the top of the 50-story structure by one of the large cranes that have been a fixture on the skyline for more […]
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Tower trouble
How about climbing a Tulsa communications tower (and then refusing to come down for six days)? Yeah, that’s a little … extreme. But it’s just what one Tulsa man did recently, as reported by CNN (good to know the national news is picking up positive stories about the state). A 24-year-old gentleman, who reportedly has […]
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Nichols’ tower
Not only is Devon Energy’s tower transforming the Oklahoma City skyline, but Project 180 — undertaken at the behest of Nichols as a condition of the tower’s location — is transforming the streets of much of downtown as well. But Nichols’ influence is not limited to Devon tower and the Project 180 area; he also […]
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Tower of power
On April 24, two men were arrested on trespassing complaints after climbing to the top of the unfinished building, jumping off and parachuting to the bottom, a practice known as base-jumping, according to The Oke. Around 2:40 a.m., security guards at the tower called police to tell them that a couple of guys with parachuting […]